Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-29
ERo,E WASHINGTON.
ESPECIAL Correspondence Of Che Ale1a. HAzLIIE

q whet nav be termed words of promise
,ra nroncgais OF compromise from Malone
- bis republican enemies in Virginia. There
IS a touching appeal in this latest hypocrlt'
cal dodge for harmony in the party ranks,
,receded by an immense bid to Virginia
flee seekers of every degree, high and low:
A Vice Presidency, o.. :. Senatorship and
!, Cabinet portfolio are directly shaken III
The Ia .es of The malconten;s, as il Mahone
.aid. why don't those fools know cant HI
,.Il these and other high offices at the same
time. Let them assist me in carrying the
Site: settle her political status as rehsoiy
refnb!ican for next year, and they may take
tha Senatorship, and the nomination LOT
Vice President, or they the nomination i6r
Vice President and 1 the Senatorship
Pshaw. saws he, why, about that Senator,
shin | care very little. If elected to 1t, l
should probably never hold it. My eeVa
ton 10 the Vice Presidency would re-
omen it to ALL AS Fice-President
single human life only would stand be
tween r,e and the Office above. Are not
Presidents prone to die? Remember Tyler,
Fillmore. Johnson, Arthur. Remember too
there is q destiny which shapes our erds,"
SC. See the vast opportunities lot all OF us
that Turk 10 victory over the democrats
this wear. Will they, can they, spurn the
nriceless chances that lie il our way. DIS
credit if you please every probability con
nected with the second place on the national
ticket and yet is it not certain that my APP
poiotment 10 the cabinet would make
Senatorial vacancy. At all events there
would be cabinet portfolio at cur
DISPOSAL. And this is about the size
of the bid which Mahone's organ makes to-
day for united party support Of Malone In
the contest Just opening IN Virginia. Inc
leading impress. ion produced By The remark
able publication here is that Malone Is des'
perate and intends by all the means in his
poEcr to call back the deserters and strae-
gers from bis army. To each one OF his
old lieuteaants he is now ready to give any
needed promise or bribe. Unfortunately,
however, fer bin, these once trusted subal-
terms are net strangers. They know MIN
aud know he owns none OF the vast posses
sions he proposes to give away. His prom
ises have been too ofien d;shonored ever TO
be received by airy Of his dnpes the second
time.
Hardly a day passes on which some one
here docs not ask the GAZETTE's cores
pendent about the prosperity of Alexandra
and the possibilities of investments there.
Houses and rentsare so high here that many
of the people Of this city would bug or rent
in Alexandria and live there if they could
get houses that would suit them. But 1t is
understood here that there are no sort OF
dwelling houses there suitable, or unsuitable,
that are vacant Some capitalists, here are
also looking toward Alexandria os place
for profitable investment. They say that
Alexandrias proximity to the national capt.
81 So, bo,nA 70 rna lya Tho former q city
OF considerable size, and that money placed
there will not be buried. Mr. Calf, one Of
the class referred to, says he has taken some
stock in the Arlington brick works there,
which ave lust been awarded the contract
for the bricks for the new gas works here,
and that he is confident the prosperity OF
Alexandria will soon make itself apparent
to all beholders, and make some OF them re-
Cret their failure to take advantage OF the
present low price Of property there.
A gentleman Just here to day from In
diana says the drought in Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, and other States in that region,
has SO reduced the corn crop there tbat.the
price OF cattle out there has been Affected
considerably by the fear of 6 scarcity Of
provender, and that people from the more
favored Eastern States are taking adVant-
age of the great decline, and are buying
stock cattle there at very low rates.
A prominent West Virginia democrat
now here, who was at Wheeling the other
night when the G.. A. Il. refused to pass an
der the Presidents portrait, and who heard
the discussion between Governors Foraker
and Wilson, says the bloody shirt utter
ances Of the former occasioned the widest
enthusiasm among the G. A. r., and have
given him strong boom among that ele
ment OF the republican party, and those who
sympathiza with it, for the republican Pres
idential nomination.
Ii is understood that Mr. LiItlepage, for
merly engaged at the Senate, will be ap
pointed e. S. consul at st. Thomas, Data
rio. Mr. Littlepage is q NiTginian, aud was
an officer of the Confederate ship Merrimac
He has strong backing.
Solicitor McCue says his appointment as
chief of the Fish Commission was as great
surprise to him az it was to everybody else,
and that he will have to see the President
before he decides whether or not to accept
it. People who know Mr.. McCue say be
will take the place, as he is not the sort Of
man to refuse offers of that kind.
Representative O'Ferrall, of Virginia, was
at the Capitol to-day. He seems 10 think
that the chances of democratic success in
his State next fall are exceedingly favorable.
So far as his own district is concerned, he
says the democrats will gain there. He
thinks the democrats have better chance
of carrying Rockingham county than for
some years past, as they are solid, while the
republicans are by no means so. Shenando
all he says, is generally democratic, and
will surely be so if. as is generally supposed,
the republican candidate be g Malone
man, as in that case Riddleberger's influence
will be thrown against him, and the same
he thinks will be the result in the Senatorial
district composed of the counties of Shenan.
doah and Page.
Count Mitkiewcz, well known along the
line of the Potomac river, and who lately
married Virginia lady, has just returned
from China accompanied by Chinese ape-
cial envoy, bringing with him charter for
himself and Mr.. Wharton Barker, Of Phla.
delphia, granted by the Chinese government,
for exclusive banking. telegraphing and